A week of anti-government protests in Senegal – in pictures

Supporters of M23 (23 June Movement), a coalition of opposition parties, rally in Guediawaye, a suburb of Dakar, on 23 January Photograph: Toure Behan/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the anti-government youth movement Y'en A Marre (We're Fed Up) chant slogans during a rally in Dakar on 27 January Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Anti-government protesters march past burning tyres in Dakar on 27 January Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

The Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour gestures to supporters on January 28 before attending a press conference over his disqualification from running for president Photograph: JULIEN TACK/AFP/Getty Images

Cars burned in clashes between protesters and police in Dakar
Photograph: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

Macky Sall, right, an M23 leader, stands with other members of the opposition movement next to riot policemen blocking a street after another M23 leader on 28 January Photograph: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

Anti-government demonstrators take to the streets in Dakar on 31 January Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Protesters shout slogans in Dakar Photograph: Tanya Bindra/AP

Police face protesters in Dakar on 31 January Photograph: Mamadou Toure Behan/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters in Dakar, with a police line in the distance Photograph: Seyllou Diallo/AFP/Getty Images

A protester throws rocks at police Photograph: STAFF/Reuters

Men carry a woman injured in the clashes Photograph: ALIOU MBAYE/EPA

Police arrest a protester in Dakar Photograph: Gaby Barnuevo/AP